New problem: Links such as this one, 'Giant Pandas at the National Zoo -
National Zoo| FONZ' (http://nationalzoo.si.edu/Animals/GiantPandas/) ,
show the embedded video correctly, using WMP, inside Firefox 3.

I usually have the FF extension, mediaplayerconnectivity running, which
intercepts the embedded video and allows me to see the video in the
free-standing WMP, so that I can enlarge the video view.

I discovered, a short while ago, that if I try to play on-line
streaming videos, such as the Panda Bears from the National Zoo, with
free-standing WMP, I see "media loading", then WMP claims that the
computer is low on memory and will not load the video. With 2 GB of RAM,
a few percent use of the CPU, etc., it is not likely that I'm running
low on memory. (No other programs complain about such a lack.)

If I look at the WMP error message on-line, MS is kind enough to inform
me that there is no information available for that error.

I can play on-line streaming music, I just loaded a .wmv file on my
computer into WMP, which played correctly, but seeing "Teddy Pandas"
using WMP in its free-standing version has me `bamboozled' (yes, of
course, the pun was, is, and shall be intended...).

So far, on-line searching, here, at MS, and elsewhere, has not shown me
anything relevant to this problem. Thus, I would, of course, appreciate
any (and all) meaningful advice about this.

(Yes, I have VLC installed, etc.; yes, I've anti-virus/anti-malware
scanned, etc.No video driver nor card changes, either.)


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